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A Scaffold at the Gate: Building AI Applications That Can Evolve

L4 · DeveloperTutorials & GuidesTowards Data Science· 10/14/2026

Provides technical guidance on building maintainable AI systems with proper engineering practices

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Data scientists need software engineering principles to build AI applications that can evolve, especially as AI agents write code.

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A technical reflection on why data scientists need software engineering principles when AI agents write code. The post A Scaffold at the Gate: Building AI Applications That Can Evolve appeared first on Towards Data Science.

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